Root belongs to a small but burgeoning subgenre of tabletop board games where players immerse themselves in the woodland worlds of mice, racoons and other wild critters. For the most part, these ...

Root really does have a brilliant design once you get the hang of each faction’s rhythm—any game that provides four quite different ways to play but tends to produce competitive plays with ...

The original Root board game, released in 2018, is a weird one. It’s an asymmetrical wargame where cuddly creatures fight for control of a fantastical woodland. But while artist Kyle Ferrin’s ...